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Look up: pink

  1. Pink
    (Dianthus) This group of hardy plants includes Pinks, Carnations and Sweet Williams. The Carnation is the descendent of D. Caryophyllus; it grows wild in southern Europe. D. barbatus, the Sweet William, is found wild in the Mediterranean region. The Pinks have mainly come from D. plumarius. The Chinese and Indian Pinks have come from D. chinensis and are natives of China....
    Found on http://www.botany.com/dianthus.html

  2. Pink
    Pink is a town in Pottawatomie County Oklahoma, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. pink
    Waters:Southern Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea Description (in water): There are about a dozen different varieties of this warmwater marine fish, which ranges in size from 1/2 lb. to 20 lbs. (those harvested for commercial purposes usually weigh under 3 lbs.). In the U.S., the most popular and most widely available member of the porgy family is the scup, which is slender and oval-shaped, with a brownish back fading to a silvery belly. Description (in market): The firm, flaky white flesh of th...
    Found on http://www.gortons.com/cookbook/glossary

  4. pink
    [adj] - similar to the natural color of pinks 2. [n] - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers 3. [n] - a light shade of red 4. [v] - cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Pink
    Pink noun [ Dutch pink .] (Nautical) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky . Sir W. Scott. Pink stern (Nautical) , a narrow stern.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  6. Pink
    Pink intransitive verb [ Dutch pinken , pinkoogen , to blink, twinkle with the eyes.] To wink; to blink. [ Obsolete] L'Estrange.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  7. Pink
    Pink adjective Half-shut; winking. [ Obsolete] Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  8. Pink
    Pink transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pinked ; present participle & verbal noun Pinking .] [ Middle English pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form of pick .] 1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles. 2. To stab; to pierce as with a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  9. Pink
    Pink noun A stab. Grose.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  10. Pink
    Pink noun [ Perh. akin to pick ; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Confer Pink , transitive verb ] 1. (Botany) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus , and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with oppo ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  11. Pink
    Pink adjective Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink , 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. Pink eye (Medicine) , a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball. -- Pink salt (Chem. & Dyeing) , the double chlorides of (stannic ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/91

  12. pink
    1. <botany> A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. ... 2. A colour resulting from the comb ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. pink
    pinkish adjective of a light shade of red
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. pink
    noun a light shade of red
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. pink
    garden pink noun any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. Pink
    `Pink` is a pale red color that was first recorded in the 17th century to describe the pale red flowers of pinks, flowering plants in the genus `Dianthus.` The color pink itself is a combination of red and white. Other tints of pink may be combinations of rose and white, magenta and white, or orange and white. Pink can also be made by combining red and white (the more white that is added to red, the lighter the tint of the new color, pink). `Ros...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink

  17. Pink
    • (a.) Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. • (v. t.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. • (n.) A stab. • (v. t.) Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. • (v. t.) A name given...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. pink
    any of several flowering plants of the genus Dianthus in the pink family (Caryophyllaceae), grown widely in garden borders. The approximately 300 ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/70

  19. Pink
    Pink is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Color Pink, Healthy` Pink,Pinkie Pink doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Pink appeared In the top-1000 was 108 years ago, In 1900. It ranked #511 In that year. . 1880 was a `top year` for the name Pink. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #310.
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Pin

  20. pink
    1. a light shade of red
    2. any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

    Found on

  21. pink
    pink, common name for some members of the Caryophyllaceae, a family of small herbs found chiefly in north temperate zones (especially the Mediterranean area) but with several genera indigenous to south temperate zones and high altitudes of tropical mountains. Plants of this family typically have ste...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08391


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25 November 2009

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The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was opened on 25 November 1823 with a procession and firework display, but, to the disappointment of the town, without royalty being present. It proved an immediate success with both cross-channel travellers and also with promenaders who were charged an admission of two pence or one guinea annually. The pier also attracted many artists with its graceful outline, including Constable and Turner. read more

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